| Description | Dear Sir
I hope this Letter will find you and the Ladys safe and well at Lichfield after your London Excursion, and shall be glad to hear that no Sinister Accident during your Journey happen'd to give either you or them the least uneasiness-I am so well acquainted with the Soft timidity of them both, as well as the nice Circumstances one of them is in, that I am a little anxious on their Accounts, tho' I am sensible that their Gent. Usher is so well Qualified for Defending & Guarding them, that very few difficulties cou'd Arise that he Cou'd not Obviate, nor coud any Accident Offer that he was not Capaple of Evading-I hope you have conveyed the Papers I gave you, to Mr. Simpson-Enter nous the Chief design of this letter was to remind you of them as they are of Consequence, you'll therefore be pleased to procure them to be delivd. as soon as may be-
I begin to be very eager for a little more Air, but shall not have leisure to leave this filthy place this month-The Town is now extremly dull, all the Company having Quitted it, but those who are under the same Cruel necessity of staying in it that I am-So you see I make myself of Great Importance by ranking myself among the Genteel Company, but tho' I have no pretensions to number myself in that list, Yet I have very unluckily the Inclinations Desires, and Temptations that are appendant to a Superior Situation, tho I am obliged to Adapt them all to my abilitys till the term [of] Servitude is Expired-Nothing is more Slavish than the Study of the Law for a man must Contract all his Ideas & Desires, & Center them on that only, if he is desirous of obtaining a perfect Knowledge of it-It has not any Analogy to polite Studys, & will not leave the mind that is devoted to it, strength of retention & Capacity sufficient to make any progress in them-So that if you wou'd arrive at any perfection in this Science, you must be Contented with a dull mediocrity in eveyr other, and if I was not very Sensible of the Justice of this Observation, Music wou'd be my first & favorite Study
I know I need not Expect any answer to this Letter, and Since I believe you can't do greater Violence to your Inclination than by writing to me, I will not desire you to do so-You are as Sanguine & Eager in some respects as you are Dilatory & remiss in others-You may accuse me of the Same fault, & have very often given me some friendly Hints (for such I esteem them) of my too passionate fondness of musick, but I believe it is now unnecessary for me to take the liberty of reminding you that your was formerly immoderately & Inconsistently fond of Electricity-But the pursuit of so dear a prize as you are in possn. of (I need not tell you that I mean dear Mrs. Boulton) was sufficient to take place of & Suppress every other-I know you'll freely Excuse my libertys, (for if I had not always been used to your Indulgence I shou'd not be so free with you) so that Appologys for them are unnecessary-My best Compts. Attend Mrs. Boulton your good Sisters your Mother Brother Mr. Robinson Mrs. & Zack Blackham & every other Acquaintance, and I hope that in the list of your sincere friends, you will always place
Dear Sir
your Obliged hble servt.
Thos. Hurst
at Mrs. Bills Chambers Kings Bench Walk Temple London
Excuse haste & bad writing
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